探索遗传咨询师与土著患者群体的经验
Kimberly McDowell1,2, Leah Wetherill1, Bethany Pollock1,3
1Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, 975 W. Walnut Street IB130, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
|October 9, 2024
概括
遗传咨询师报告,对土著患者的信心较低,强调需要改善文化能力培训. 加强教育和接触对于解决土著社区的医疗保健差异至关重要.
科学领域:
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 美国和加拿大的土著人口在医疗保健方面经历了显著的差异,特别是在专业医疗服务方面.
- 遗传咨询是医疗保健的关键组成部分,需要文化敏感性和对患者独特需求的认识.
- 现有的遗传咨询培训可能不能充分准备从业者对土著患者的具体考虑.
研究的目的:
- 评估遗传咨询师在解决美国和加拿大土著患者的独特需求和文化考虑方面的准备情况.
- 确定影响遗传咨询师在与土著患者合作时自我评价能力的因素.
- 为基因咨询师提供改进培训策略的开发提供信息.
主要方法:
- 对遗传咨询师进行了一项在线调查.
- 一部分调查参与者被选中进行深度访谈.
- 数据分析的重点是自我报告的能力水平和培训经验.
主要成果:
- 遗传咨询师表示,与非土著患者相比,与土著患者相比,他们感觉不那么有能力.
- 较低能力的具体领域包括应对文化问题和确定相关资源.
- 增加多年的经验和在研究生培训期间先前接触土著人口与更高的自我评价能力有关.
- 尽管有显著的土著患者人口,遗传咨询师报告说,在研究生课程和专业培训中暴露程度有限.
结论:
- 遗传咨询师需要加强教育和培训机会,以有效地为土著患者服务.
- 在研究生课程中整合文化能力培训和增加对土著健康主题的接触是必不可少的.
- 提高遗传咨询师的准备能力可以帮助缓解土著社区面临的医疗保健差异.
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